Porto Rico v. Ramos

Citations

• 232 U.S. 627
• 34 S. Ct. 461
• 58 L. Ed. 763
• 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1308

Syllabus

<p>Immunity of sovereignty from suit without consent does not permit the sovereign to reverse the action invoked by it so that it may come in and go out of court at will without the right of the other party to resist either step.</p> <p>While Porto Rico may not in ordinary actions be sued without its consent, a voluntary appearance after due consideration and request to be made a party by the Attorney General on the ground of interest in the controversy, amounts to a consent, and thereafter Porto Rico cannot object to the jurisdiction on account of its immunity as a sovereign. Porto Rico v. Rosaly, 227 U. S. 270, distinguished.</p> <p>Where the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico had ju- • risdiction of an action involving title to real estate brought by a citizen of Porto Rico against a foreign subject, the jurisdiction is not ousted because Porto Rico becomes, on the application of the Attorney General, the sole party defendant.</p> <p>Qumre, whether Porto Rico cannot be made a party defendant without its consent to an action involving title to real estate claimed to be an escheat.</p>